svargāpagā-hema-mṛṇālinīnāṁ

nānā-mṛṇālāgra-bhujo bhajāmaḥ

annānurūpāṁ tanu-rūpa-ṛddhiṁ

kāryaṁ nidānād dhi guṇān adhīte

“ ‘The river Ganges flowing in the heavenly planets is full of golden lotus flowers, and we, the residents of those planets, eat the stems of the flowers. Thus we are very beautiful, more so than the inhabitants of any other planet. This is due to the law of cause and effect, for if one eats food in the mode of goodness, the mode of goodness increases the beauty of his body.’ ”